Google-owned YouTube is now the leading destination for podcasts in the United States, with 33 percent market share according to Edison Research, and more than one billion consumers worldwide.

A swarm of artificial intelligence "crawlers" is running rampant on the internet, scouring billions of websites for data to feed algorithms at leading tech companies - all without permission or payment, upending the online economy.

The report, published on Tuesday by AidData, a research lab at US university William & Mary, said China's lending and grant giving totalled $2.2 trillion across 200 countries in every region of the world from 2000 to 2023. 

As global governments and organizations convene at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, Indonesia is stepping into the limelight as a model for sustainable, low-carbon nickel development.

The International Labour Organization is facing a "serious" and "unprecedented" financial crisis as it grapples with dramatic cuts in international funding, its chief warned Monday.

Asian markets struggled Monday on simmering concerns that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates as hoped next month, while fears of a bubble continue to weigh on sentiment.

Stocks and gold paused for breath on Thursday as the US Congress voted to end the longest government shutdown on record, with markets waiting for the resumption of US economic data to gauge the rates outlook.

Equities rose in Asia on Wednesday as the US shutdown nears an end and after fresh jobs data boosted the chances of a third successive Federal Reserve interest rate cut.